POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, UDAY
BELLARY hereby constitutes and appoints ROBIN STECKHAHN, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a director of VERSANT
Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to al intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of July 2003.

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Signed
UDAY BELLARY
Printed Name